Combined needle-case and stocking-darner



(No Model.)

G. B. POTER.

COMBINED NEEDLE CASE AND STOCKING DARNER.

No. 302,670. Patented July 29, 1884.

. A W/T/VESSES GEORGE BARNHARDT IOTER, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED NEEDLE CASE AND STOCKING -DARNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 302,670, dated J'u1y.29, 188%.

I Application filed January 16; 1884. (No model.)

I?) all w7w1nit may concern/.-

Be it known that I, GEO. B. POTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Combined NeedleOase and Stoeking-Darner, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a combined needlecase and stockingdarner; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be neat and attractive in appearance; and, further, to provide a device of this character which will serve the double purpose of case for needles or pins and a darner to be inserted in a stocking upon which to work while mending the same.

The invention consists in the combination of two sections or parts, the one serving as a receptacle for the needles orpins, and the other section serving as a cover for the same, the construction of both of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out 1 in the claims.

extends nearly its entire depth, and is pro- 'vided with an upwardly-projecting neck, 0,

which fits around the'edge of the said recess, and is formed integral with the upper portion of the section B. This recess is filled with sawdust or any other desired filling, and is provided at the top or upper edge of the neck or extension 0 with a covering of cloth or other desired material, thus forming a cushion for the reception of needles or pins. The

other or top section, which serves as a cover for the section B, is provided with a recess having different diameters, the first or largest diameter acting as a seat for the extension 0, the end of which bears against the end of the first recess, or, in other words, at the flange formed by making the recess of different diameter, the pins or needles extending up into the farther end of the recess.

The operation of my invention will be apparent. \Vhen it is desired or becomes necessary to mend a stocking, the case A is placed therein, forming a smooth surface upon which the darning or mending may be done.

It will be seen from the above description that my device is simple in its construction, and that it affords a ready and convenient article for theworlebasket.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combined needle-case and stockingdarner, the combination of two cylindrical casings, one of which is provided with a recess having a filling of sawdust or like material, and a covering of cloth or other suitable ma terial, while the other section is so formed as to serve as a cover for the same, substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined needlecase and stockingdarner, the combination of the sections B G, the section B having a recess filled with sawdust or like material, and having a neck or extension the mouth of which is provided with a covering of any desired material, the section 0 serving as a cover for the same, and having a recess of different diameter, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE BARNHARDT POTER. XVitnesses:

HENRY KRONER, WILLIAM SoHAUF. 

